Duncan Edwards

Duncan Edwards is editor of Disability Horizons, one of the UK's leading disability lifestyle publications. He brings to the role something no editorial brief can manufacture: a life lived close to disability in all its complexity. His wife Clare, an artist and designer, co-founded Trabasack after sustaining a spinal injury that made her a wheelchair user. Her experience reshaped how Duncan understands independence, adaptation, and what it means to design for real life. Their son Joe lives with Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy — a condition that has given Duncan an unflinching awareness of how healthcare, support systems, and everyday products either serve disabled people or fall short of them. That awareness drives his editorial instincts. Disability Horizons exists to inform, represent, and advocate — and Duncan ensures it does so with honesty rather than sentiment. He's less interested in inspiration than in accuracy, and more concerned with what disabled people actually experience than with how the world prefers to imagine them. He doesn't edit from the outside looking in.
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Travelling as a Wheelchair User: Wheeling Around the World

Many people assume travelling as a wheelchair user is simply too difficult. Liesl Hammer has spent a lifetime proving otherwise.…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Why persistent snoring should not be ignored: sleep apnoea, disability and delayed diagnosis

Persistent snoring is often dismissed, but it can be an early sign of obstructive sleep apnoea. This guide explains the…

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Travel & Holidays

Accessible Hotels in London: Royal Lancaster’s Hoist Booking Service Could Start a Bigger Change

Royal Lancaster London has become one of the first mainstream UK hotels to offer guests a bookable mobile hoist. Developed…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Bladder Botox: How It Changed Our Lives After Spinal Cord Injury (Complete UK & USA Guide)

Bladder Botox is one of the most effective treatments for many people living with overactive bladder or neurogenic bladder, yet…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Managing Fatigue and Breathlessness at Home: Everyday Tips for People Living With Lung Conditions

Breathlessness and fatigue can affect everyday life for people with COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, long COVID and other…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

How Social Media Affects Disabled People’s Mental Health and How to Protect Your Wellbeing

Social media can help disabled people find community, advice and support, but it can also expose them to ableism, misinformation…

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Work & Education

Accessible Document Sharing: How We Share Documents is Important For Accessibility

Accessible document sharing is often overlooked, yet it has a major impact on independence, privacy and equal access for disabled…

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Entertainment & Culture

Old, Cold and Free: Accessible Heritage Sites to Beat the Heat: Free UK Museums, Libraries and Cathedrals for Disabled Visitors

Heatwaves can create serious challenges for many disabled people, particularly those with conditions or medication that affect temperature regulation. This…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Night Sweats, Disability and Sleep: Fixing Temperature Swings in Bed

Many people wake repeatedly because their body struggles to stay at a comfortable temperature overnight. Conditions such as PoTS, spinal…

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Lifestyle

Supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities with bereavement

People with profound and multiple learning disabilities may experience grief through absence, sensory change and the loss of familiar presence.…

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